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Assessing the Feasibility of Integrating the Internet of Things into Safety Management Systems: A Focus on Wearable Sensing Devices
In construction, high fatality rate remains a major concern of both practitioners and researchers. Wearable sensing devices (WSDs), a sub-system of the internet of things (IoT), has the potential to improve safety performance. Studies have also suggested that safety management systems (SMS) can play a crucial role in improving safety performance. However, the nexus between IoT-enabled WSDs and SMS has not been explored. The aim of the present study is to explore the possibility of using WSDs to enhance each SMS phase: safety policy, risk management, assurance, and promotion of a positive safety culture. The authors used a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to achieve the objectives of this study. First, a literature review was carried out to reveal synergies between WSDs and SMS as well as perceived benefits and barriers to the implementation of WSD-enabled SMS in construction. Second, based on the identified benefits and barriers, a survey of 212 practitioners was conducted to assess the usefulness of WSDs in SMS. The characteristics of WSDs and key challenges to its usage in construction safety were highlighted in addition to information on interoperability and standardization. Results from the survey indicate that WSDs are increasingly gaining traction and can be used to monitor and measure safety performance metrics within the SMS functional components. With these findings, it is expected that the multi-parameter monitoring attributes of WSD-enabled SMS will enhance the effectiveness of overall safety management. The outcome of this study is critical to onward development of a framework that effectively integrates WSD into current safety management procedures.
Assessing the Feasibility of Integrating the Internet of Things into Safety Management Systems: A Focus on Wearable Sensing Devices
In construction, high fatality rate remains a major concern of both practitioners and researchers. Wearable sensing devices (WSDs), a sub-system of the internet of things (IoT), has the potential to improve safety performance. Studies have also suggested that safety management systems (SMS) can play a crucial role in improving safety performance. However, the nexus between IoT-enabled WSDs and SMS has not been explored. The aim of the present study is to explore the possibility of using WSDs to enhance each SMS phase: safety policy, risk management, assurance, and promotion of a positive safety culture. The authors used a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to achieve the objectives of this study. First, a literature review was carried out to reveal synergies between WSDs and SMS as well as perceived benefits and barriers to the implementation of WSD-enabled SMS in construction. Second, based on the identified benefits and barriers, a survey of 212 practitioners was conducted to assess the usefulness of WSDs in SMS. The characteristics of WSDs and key challenges to its usage in construction safety were highlighted in addition to information on interoperability and standardization. Results from the survey indicate that WSDs are increasingly gaining traction and can be used to monitor and measure safety performance metrics within the SMS functional components. With these findings, it is expected that the multi-parameter monitoring attributes of WSD-enabled SMS will enhance the effectiveness of overall safety management. The outcome of this study is critical to onward development of a framework that effectively integrates WSD into current safety management procedures.
Assessing the Feasibility of Integrating the Internet of Things into Safety Management Systems: A Focus on Wearable Sensing Devices
Okpala, Ifeanyi (author) / Parajuli, Aakash (author) / Nnaji, Chukwuma (author) / Awolusi, Ibukun (author)
Construction Research Congress 2020 ; 2020 ; Tempe, Arizona
Construction Research Congress 2020 ; 236-245
2020-11-09
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 2019